The plot thickens

An update to the July 12th posting about Steve Barton (R-Oil), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and his taxpayer-funded attack on science which his employers find inconvenient. Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (R-New York), chairman of the House Science Committee, objects to Mr. Barton's harassment of researchers, and does so quite publicly, forcing even the newspapers of Mr. Barton's home state to take notice.

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